Cream-separator.



No. 798,107. PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905. H. KIBBLE.

CREAM SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17.1904.

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FAOTURING (10., OF BLUFF TON. OHIO.

CREAM-SEPARATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed June 17, 1904. Serial No. 218,040.

tain water or any other suitable cooling medium and an inner ellipticalreceptacle intended to receive milk from which the cream is to beseparated, the inner receptacle being elliptical in shape, so that nopart of the. milk contained therein may be separated widely from thechilled surface of the receptacle, whereby the separation of the creamis expedited.

The invention relates particularly to the gage attachments or bodieswhich not only permit the inspection of the milk and cream in the innerreceptacle, but also serve as the means of removably securing the innerreceptacle within the outer receptacle.

One object of the present invention is to improve the shape of thegage-body in such manner that it may be secured firmly to the ellipticalreceptacle and may form a close joint with the outer receptacle, so asto prevent leakage of the cooling medium.

A further object of the invention is to im prove and simplify the meansfor securing the gage-body-to the frame which rests against the outerreceptacle.

WVith these objects in view the invention resides in an ellipticalgage-body secured to one end of the elliptical receptacle and havingundercut grooves, an elliptical frame cooperating with the gage-body,nuts in the undercut grooves, and screws in the nuts for securing theframe and body together.

The invention also resides in the particular combination and arrangementof parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a front elevation of a portion of a cream-separator, showing agage-body constructed in accordance with my invention applied thereto.Fig.

2 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1,

and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view showing the construction of theclamping-screw and nut.

Like reference characters indicate corre sponding parts in the differentviews.

The numeral 1 indicates the outer receptacle, which is intended toreceive water or any other cooling medium. Within the receptacle 1 isthe receptacle 2, which preferably is elliptical in shape and isintended to receive milk from which cream is to be separated. One end ofthe receptacle 2 is cut away to form a sightopening, around which issecured in any suitable manner an elliptical gage-body 3, having thereina slot 4, in which is seated a plate of glass or other transparentmaterial. The rear side of the gage-body is shaped in such manner as toconform to the end of the elliptical receptacle 2. A flange 5 is formedaround the gage-body 3 to receive an elliptical gasket 6, which bearsagainst the inner surface of the receptacle 1 around the edge of anelliptical opening formed therein. The gage-body 3 is formed withundercut slots or (grooves 7 7, which are open at their outer on s.

In each of the open-ended grooves 7 7 is situated a nut 8, which isshaped in such manner that it can be moved longitudinally in theundercut groove, but cannot be withdrawn therefrom except by passing itout through the open end thereof.

Fitting into a threaded bore in each of the sliding nuts 8 is aturn-screw 9, formed with a shoulder 10 and a ring or finger portion 11.When the turn-screw 9 is screwed down into the nut 8, it forces thelatter in contact with the side walls of the grooves, thereby preventing any longitudinal movement of the nut in said grooves. Theshoulder 10 on each screw 9 engages a slotted lug 12 on an ellipticalframe 13, which is disposed against the outer surface of the receptacle1 around the elliptical opening therein. When the turnscrews 9 aretightened, the elliptical frame 13 is drawn against the outside of thereceptacle 1 and the gage-body 3 against the inside thereof, theelliptical gasket 6 being compressed to prevent the leakage of waterfrom the receptacle 1. When it is desired to re move the innerreceptacle 2 for cleaning pur poses, the screws 9 are loosened and thenuts 8 are moved longitudinally in their undercut slots until theshoulders 10 of the screws become disengaged from the slotted lugs 12 onthe elliptical frame.

Fitted into an opening in the gage-body 3 is a brass bushing 14, whichis screw-threaded interiorly to receive a brass faucet 15.

This construction presents an improvement over prior devices in which nobushing is employed, the faucet being fastened merely into the whitemetal of the gage-body. In such prior devices the faucet soon corrodes,and

therefore cannot be removed from the gagetaching means comprisingundercut grooves, a nut movable longitudmally 1n each groove andconforming to the shape thereof, a screw engaging each nut, and aframehaving slotted lugs adapted to be engaged by the screws.

Changes in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated and describedmay be made within the scope of the following claims without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A cream-separator comprising an outer receptacle having an opening,an inner receptacle also provided with an opening, a gage-bodysurrounding the opening in the inner receptacle and provided withundercut grooves, a nut in each groove conforming to the shape thereofand movable longitudinally therein, a screw engaging each nut, and aframe surrounding the opening in the outer receptacle and having slottedlugs adapted -to engage said screws.

2. A cream-separator comprising an outer receptacle having an opening,an inner receptacle also provided with an opening, a gagebodysurrounding the opening in the inner receptacle and provided with alinedtransversely-disposed undercut grooves, nuts slidably mounted in saidgrooves and conforming to the shape thereof, screws threaded in thenuts, and a frame surrounding the opening in the outer receptacle andhaving slotted lugs, the slots of which communicate with the interior ofthe frame and engage said screws.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HECTOR KIBELE.

Witnesses:

A. L. BAUMGARTNER, A. M. DIXEL.

